Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Galium bermudense in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 105 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Galium bermudense L.
original Latin diagnosis
Galium foliis quaternis linearibus obtusis, ramis ramosissimis.
English translation
Galium with leaves in fours, [with leaf blades] linear [and] obtuse, [and] with branches very branched.
| Galium | Galium |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| in fours, | quaternis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective quaternus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [with leaf blades] linear, | linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| obtuse, | obtusis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with branches | ramis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun ramus, -i |
| very branched. | ramosissimis - ablative plural masculine of superlative degree of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um/i>; modifies ramis |